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What is Cryptography? What is the difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption? What is the difference between IDS and IPS? Explain CIA triad. How is Encryption different from Hashing? What is a Firewall and why is it used? What is the difference between VA(Vulnerability Assessment) and PT(Penetration Testing)? What is a three-way handshake? What are the response codes that can be received from a Web Application? What is traceroute? Why is it used?
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Cyber Security Engineer

Interviewed at Chennai Petroleum

4.2
Sep 8, 2023

What is Cryptography? What is the difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption? What is the difference between IDS and IPS? Explain CIA triad. How is Encryption different from Hashing? What is a Firewall and why is it used? What is the difference between VA(Vulnerability Assessment) and PT(Penetration Testing)? What is a three-way handshake? What are the response codes that can be received from a Web Application? What is traceroute? Why is it used?

The 2 ladies in HR kept talking about the company history and "personalities" but had no questions. The only question was "do you have any question for me" to which I asked a couple of questions and both ladies were completely clueless.
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Information Security Engineer

Interviewed at GeniusRx

3.2
Sep 9, 2021

The 2 ladies in HR kept talking about the company history and "personalities" but had no questions. The only question was "do you have any question for me" to which I asked a couple of questions and both ladies were completely clueless.

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